Interviewee | PEACOCK, James LeRoy (b. 1920) |
Military Service | U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran |
Interview ID # | OH 1876 |
Date(s) of interview | |
Description | Flight instructor at Tuskegee Army Airfield. Childhood in Macon, Georgia; Army Air Corps flight training; selection as a flight instructor; assignment to Tuskegee Army Airfield; segregation at Tuskegee; reaction of white community to black pilots; reassignment as a bomber pilot; transition to Reserves at end of war; discharge form Reserves; thoughts on time at Tuskegee; post-military life. |
Interviewer(s) | Todd Moye |
Physical Description | 92 pp. plus documents (16 pp.) |
Terms of Use | Open |